1. Catecholamines and memory: Enhanced verbal learning during l-DOPA administration
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George M. Henry, Dennis L. Murphy, and Herbert Weingartner
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Pharmacology ,Levodopa ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Long-term memory ,Effects of stress on memory ,Administration, Oral ,Methyltyrosines ,Short-term memory ,Verbal Learning ,Memory process ,Verbal learning ,Dihydroxyphenylalanine ,Immediate Recall ,Placebos ,Catecholamines ,Memory, Short-Term ,Endocrinology ,Memory ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Psychology ,Catecholamine synthesis ,medicine.drug ,Cognitive psychology - Abstract
Verbal learning was measured during the administration of l-DOPA in large oral doses to depressed patients. Longer-term memory on two different tasks improved during treatment, while short-term memory (immediate recall) was unaffected. In contrast, the catecholamine synthesis inhibitor α-methyl-p-tyrosine did not alter either memory process.
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- 1972
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